SYDNEY (Reuters) – Feedback made by India gamers KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya which were extensively condemned as sexist have been “inappropriate” and never supported by their staff mates, captain Virat Kohli mentioned on Friday.

Batsman Rahul and all-rounder Pandya have been closely criticised in India and on social media for feedback made on a tv present earlier this week.

The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) have requested the pair to clarify the feedback and Pandya has apologised. Each, nonetheless, might nonetheless face sanctions.

“From the Indian cricket staff standpoint, any inappropriate feedback which are made in that situation are one thing that we undoubtedly don’t assist,” Kohli informed reporters on Friday forward of the primary one-dayer in opposition to Australia.

“The 2 involved gamers felt what has gone improper they usually have understood the magnitude. It has to hit anybody arduous, they’ll undoubtedly perceive the issues that haven’t gone proper.

“These are purely particular person opinions … we undoubtedly, because the Indian cricket staff, don’t assist views like that and that has been communicated.”

Kohli mentioned he was not conscious of any sanctions being handed down however the facet would adapt if the pair have been dominated out of the three-match sequence.